Due to the importance of dental health as it pertains to our overall health, maintaining your child’s six-month checkups is important. Dental fear and anxiety can be very real for children and impact their relationship with their dental health and the dentist’s office. Research shows that nearly ten percent of children have dental fear and … Read more
Your child’s first dentist visit can be intimidating. But there are ways to make it comfortable and convenient for all parties involved. One of the most important factors in our overall health involves dental health. In fact, poor dental health has been linked to chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and even strokes. Starting … Read more
While most people often associate root canals with permanent teeth, children may require a root canal in certain circumstances as well. Children have their baby teeth until around the age of six or seven when they begin to fall out. After a child’s baby teeth fall out, their permanent teeth should erupt shortly after. If … Read more
Everyone has a sweet tooth, and there’s nothing wrong with treating yourself to a piece of candy every now and then. Especially around the Fall season, with Halloween around the corner, it’s hard to resist taking a few bites of something delicious. As long as eating too many sugary sweets doesn’t become a habit, you … Read more
At some point in our childhood, usually around the age of six or seven, we begin to lose our baby teeth. We may remember putting our tooth under our pillow, awaiting the tooth fairy, but most of us forget how the tooth fell out in the first place. Was there considerable pain? Did they fall … Read more